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The PPAI Expo 2016 Earned
Its #BestExpoEver Hashtag
On January 10-14, the promotional
products industry’s largest and longest-run-
ning trade show brought exhibitors and
attendees together for extensive education
sessions, networking opportunities and a
world-class show experience.
The best Expo ever. That’s what was
promised by PPAI and wow, did you
ever deliver. The combination of having
all the exhibits on one floor and having
the SAGE mobile app activated made
this show the most enjoyable and hassle-
free show I’ve ever attended in 30 years
of Expos. I could plot where I was
going, set my goals for the day and see it
all on the app, live in a great floor plan
right in front of me.
The energy in the show hall and in
the hotel itself was high with a tremen-
dous positive anticipation for the year
ahead. Thank you PPAI staff for all the
hard work. It paid off. I won’t intention-
ally miss this show ... ever. It’s all there.
Always has been. But now it’s just got-
ten better. Best Expo ever. You did it.
Thank you.
Wayne Greenberg, MAS
President
JB of Florida, Inc./Geiger
Tampa, Florida
The Ease And Value Of
Attaining Product Aware
Status
The PPAI Expo 2016 was also the
first to require all exhibitors, sponsors and
advertisers at the show to have attained
Product Safety Aware status. This means
that each company (regardless of member-
ship category) has designated a roster
employee who completed a minimum of four
hours of product safety education in
advance of the show and serves as the com-
pany’s Product Safety Ambassador.
PPAI’s Product Safety Awareness
(PSA) program was originally announced
during The PPAI Expo 2014 and went
into effect at Expo East in March 2015.
The program is designed to foster an
industry-wide commitment and culture
where companies are not only educated
about product safety but engaged in the
discussion.
I completed the three mandatory
webinars and the one elective webinar
for Stuffed Tees’ participation at The
PPAI Expo. They were all very well pre-
sented and the information contained in
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